Django … Adios! / Seminò morte … lo chiamavano il Castigo di Dio (Roberto Mauri, 1972)

[JonathanCorbett]

A week ago I studied the casts of the two Three Stars Films productions (Wanted Sabata and Arriva Durango, paga o muori), with interesting results I’ll post in the respective threads - and Database pages - in the near future.

I would have liked to do with Seminò morte… lo chiamavano il castigo di Dio the same I did years ago with Corte Marziale, but as far as i know there is no DVD release and to this day the movie is not available on YouTube: in Mauri’s 1974 film for example there are about 10 additional scenes involving Karis, Craig Hill, Salvatore Billa and a handful of new actors; on the other hand Hunt Powers and José Torres, significantly uncredited, are only in recycled footage.

Among new performers in this one I see the name of Zara Cilli, mainly a photonovels actress (see below). What role is she playing?

And apart from Vassili Karis, are there new connecting scenes with Brad Harris too?

[Carlos]

@JonathanCorbett

Among new performers in this one I see the name of Zara Cilli, mainly a photonovels actress (see below). What role is she playing?

I don’t think either of these ladies or sequences appear in either. First is Karis’s girl Giselle, second Harris’s girl Mary Ann.

[JonathanCorbett]

Very interesting, thanks!

Scherp, at this point I would add the words erroneously or mistakenly to note 1 in your excellent review:
“Some mistakenly think all scenes were recycled from the two other movies”

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So the other actress should be Matilde Antonelli…

In Wanted Sabata and Durango Is Coming Harris’s girls were Elena Pedemonte and Gisela Hahn, in other words the Mormon girls of They Call Me Trinity. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes?

[scherpschutter]

@JonathanCorbett

Scherp, at this point I would add the words erroneously or mistakenly to note 1 in your excellent review:“Some mistakenly think all scenes were recycled from the two other movies”

I chose erroneously

[JonathanCorbett]

All three main actors have additional scenes (we need only to think of the ending) and the same goes for other two performers, master of arms Roberto Messina and Franco Pasquetto. If I remember rightly, also the brief scene in which Maretta Procaccini fixes Brad Harris’ neckerchief is not taken from Durango Is Coming.

Actresses Matilde Antonelli and Zara Cilli seem the only new entries, but no recycled footage for Pietro Fumelli too (in Wanted Sabata he played a completely different role).

[The_Man_With_a_Name]

I acquired the Dutch VHS eventually and decided to give it a watch. It’s a stupid movie with terrible dialogue but I have to admit that I kinda like it for what it is. It manages to entertain. I haven’t watched Durango, so everything felt new to me and I didn’t notice the stock footage. I’ll have to get around to the other film.

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[Mickey13]

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@Mickey13

Having seen both works comprising the composite in question and having disliked both, I had no great expectations for this thing, bearing also in mind that it was Mauri who had supervised the whole assembly process, and what I ultimately got was more or less what I had anticipated. This is to say that the final product is somewhat muddled and disjointed, but considering that most of it is constructed from segments extracted from two different movies helmed by two different directors all of which is then merged with the assistance of some additional footage, the end result turns out to be not a total mess and a large chunk of it hangs together for the most part.

With that being said, most scenes do feel crudely stitched together and have that grubby, extempore appearance which affords the composition the distinctly sordid aesthetics of a composite hack job all right. Some viewers may very well cherish that squalor and unabashed putridity of its provenance, but outside of that very specific niche, the film simply fails to provide much in the way of an engaging storyline or a compelling style. Mauri’s execution is just your customary, featureless craftsmanship which, in conjunction with the patchwork script, firmly hurls the work below the average. Nevertheless, it is not a total disaster and is still superior to Mauri’s An Animal Called Man for what it’s worth.